SUDAN REBELLION
Khartoum – Violent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the powerful paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RAF) continued today for the second day in a row, leaving more than 50 civilians dead across the country so far, including three UN staff, amid widespread calls for a truce. (Text) (Photo) (Sent).
– Under their beds, under their mattresses and away from windows, the citizens of Khartoum live in fear that armed clashes will lead to war in the capital and a total collapse of the only hope they had: the democratic process carried out. by civilians. By Al Nur al Zaki (Text) (Sent).
G7 EXTERIORS
Karuizawa (Japan) – G7 foreign ministers today began their three-day meeting in the Japanese town of Karuizawa, where they seek to send a message of unity in the face of the war in Ukraine and the crisis in Taiwan, and among heightened security measures after the attempted attack on the Japanese Prime Minister the day before. (Text) (Photo) (Video) (Sent).
G7 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Tokyo – G7 energy and environment ministers agreed today to accelerate efforts to phase out the use of coal and other fossil fuels, though they also disagree on deadlines and methods, for example on the use of nuclear energy. (Text) (Photo) (Sent).
UKRAINE WAR
Moscow/Kiev – Russians and Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Easter, each in their trenches on the front line, where even the religious holiday they share is no reason for a pause in the fighting, despite the Ukrainian authorities having announced an exchange of prisoners for the party. (Text) (Photo) (Video) (Sent).
COLOMBIA PEACE
Florencia (Colombia) – The commanders of the Central Staff, the main dissidence of the FARC, announced this Sunday that the peace dialogue table with the Colombian government will begin on May 16. (Text) (Photo) (Sent).
ATTACK IN JAPAN
Tokyo – Japanese authorities are investigating the alleged attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the day before with explosives, with a man arrested as the alleged perpetrator and without his motives or details of the type of device used having been disclosed. For now. (Keys) (Text) (Photo) (Sent)
COLOMBIA UNITED STATES
Bogotá – Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s trip to the United States and his first bilateral meeting with Joe Biden paint an idyllic scenario of close relations between two countries that have notorious disagreements but know they need one another. other to operate. By Irene Escudero. (Analysis) (Text) (Photo) (Sent).
MAYAN TRAIN OF MEXICO
Cancún – The Mayan train “will be delivered on time” to be inaugurated in December 2023, says General Óscar Lozano Aguila, general manager of the emblematic project of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in an interview with EFE despite the obstacles that the work faced this 2023. (Text) (Photo) (Video) (Sent).
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